Amyand hernia as a rare cause of abdominal pain: A case report and literature review

Amyand hernia as a rare cause of abdominal pain: A case report and literature review

Amyand's hernia is an uncommon kind of inguinal hernia in which the appendix becomes entrapped within the hernia sac. We report a 48-year-old man with a right groin protrusion and abdominal pain. In the abdominopelvic ultrasound, an appendix with a diameter of 9 mm was reported in the right ing...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical case reports 2023-10, Vol.11 (10), p.n/a
Hauptverfasser: Radboy, Mahsa, Kalantari, Mohammad Ebrahim, Einafshar, Negar, Zandbaf, Tooraj, Bagherzadeh, Ali Akbar, Shari’at Moghani, Mahta
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abdomen
acute appendicitis
Amyand hernia
Appendectomy
Appendicitis
Appendix
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Case Report
Case reports
Hernias
Infections
inguinal hernia
Laparoscopy
Laparotomy
Patients
Peritonitis
Surgeons
Surgery
Ultrasonic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:Amyand's hernia is an uncommon kind of inguinal hernia in which the appendix becomes entrapped within the hernia sac. We report a 48-year-old man with a right groin protrusion and abdominal pain. In the abdominopelvic ultrasound, an appendix with a diameter of 9 mm was reported in the right inguinal canal. The patient was diagnosed with Amyand hernia.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.7929